Fire rescue personnel found two men in their 20s who got into trouble Thursday morning in the Koolau Mountains trying to reach Haiku Stairs in Kaneohe.
Capt. Robert Main, Honolulu Fire Department spokesman, said rescue officials received the distress call at 9:15 a.m. from one of the two hikers who said they were lost after beginning their trek from Moanalua Valley earlier that morning.
The hikers got stuck somewhere along the ridgeline near the H-3 tunnel. Due to the cloud cover, The fire helicopter crew couldn’t immediately fly in due to low visibility from cloud cover and had to wait it out, said Capt. Gary Lum.
The helicopter picked up the first hiker at about 10:40 a.m. and the second shortly thereafter and brought to Kaneohe District Park.
Fire personnel located the hikers’ position using GPS from their cellphone. The two men were uninjured.
Fire rescue crew airlifts lost hiker in Kaaawa
A woman hiking alone got lost above the Crouching Lion in Kaaawa at 12:25 p.m. on Thursday.
A fire helicopter and rescue crew found the woman, picked her up by helicopter and brought her safely to Swanzy Beach Park.
She was released with no injuries.
Man charged with breaking window of moving car on Pali Highway
Prosecutors charged a 67-year-old homeless man Thursday for allegedly throwing an object at a passing vehicle on Pali Highway in Nuuanu, injuring a passenger.
Bruce McCrosson was charged with first-degree criminal property damage, a Class B felony. His bail was set at $11,000.
Police said McCrosson allegedly threw the object at a moving vehicle 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the windshield shattered as a result and the glass fell onto a 17-year-old girl inside the vehicle, causing bodily injury.
Police arrested McCrosson 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on Nuuanu Avenue.
